Dorsidwarf:4Maskwolf : Hi! Good to see you replacing in, scumnuts. I've been suspicious of your predecessor, so you get to start off in the Sin Bin. Can you shed light on his erratic behaviour, hypocrisy, and lazy reason-stealing bandwagon voting?
No, I can't. I can't shed any light on masked_krusader's thought process: only he can do that. As Scripten said, I am not knowledgable as to the mind of my predecessor.
Here's a question for IC answering: Is there ever a situation outside of MyLo when a No Vote can be justified ( barring nonstandard set ups? )
In a bm: not really. Most setups where all roles are known mean that a no-lynch is just a waste of a day, since you don't get a roleflip to base things on. D1 no-lynches are particularly egregious, since you've essentially just run in circles and given the scum a free kill without gaining any solid info. So in a bm, I'd say no.(Voice of original 4maskwolf from beyond the grave, since that one was an IC).
Unvote Cheeetar:You basically answered my concerns in your second post, though it still bugs me that you would give a blanket "Votes without solid evidence are bad" rather than the barely longer "Votes without solid evidence and scumhunting are bad".
You want reads? Here's my reads at the moment, without searching back through the game too much.
Scripten: Intelligent, playing well, and one of the more experienced players to start the game. I haven't played with him enough to know his meta, so I'm going to give him a slight town lean.
Deus Asmoth: Defensive, but given my own play-style I can't really fault him for it (I play my best as town when under pressure). Posts make fairly good sense, and the speed at which people jumped on his lynch when apparently masked_krusader had been playing erratically the day before (and thus deserving attention) is disturbing. Neutral read barring further information.
Dorsidwarf: Made an easy mistake to make in questioning me (asking about my predecessor), otherwise I don't have much to go on. Neutral read.
Cheeetar: I'm still bothered by his comment at the top of page 19, as well as the fact that he's only addressing the person he's voting for when challenged (I didn't even realize he was voting for me prior to the votecount). Slight scum read.
notquitethere: Uses previous games as evidence, which only works to a certain extent (and for pities sake, DON'T tell the scum how to fool you. While I appreciated it as a first-time scum, it's not helpful as town at all). Has made (one?) post today, so I don't have much to go off of. I've never been able to get a good read on him either. Null read.
I forgot someone... time to check the votecount
Scintillant: Null, I haven't really read their posts yet.
I wouldn't. That's no reason for me not to remind people that killing me won't help them, though.
Assuming Mask is scum, what does he stand to gain by keeping one town player alive over another? Most of the town need to wind up dead for him to win in any case, and if people thought I was still suspicious on day 3, they'd also have to wonder why Mask didn't think I was suspicious as well. It's a bit of a risky play, surely?
Don't be so quick to assume. I think most people who've played with me would agree that I play my best games as scum (minus the original CYOM as town, but that wasn't my playstyle so much as doing math).
While I wouldn't say to dismiss such things outright, as they can be indicators of benevolent intent, it is important to take everything with a grain of salt and remember that scum want to be seen as town, and so will attempt to mimic town actions.In reference to 4mask greeting - I'm reminding him that his predecessor was under flak from me, and was generally a gigantic bag of scumnity, in order to let him get that he is not in a comfortable position, has earned a vote via inheritance, and needs to hold the quality baton a lot higher than Krusader did if he really is town.
Your point is noted. Actually, I'm quite comfortable where I am, I play my best under pressure (often after cracking first and yelling at people, but not this time).
I never said your question was strange. I answered it and you told me my answer was suspicious due to WIFOM. Now you're telling me that the question itself is also suspicious, and that's just weird. I'd already acknowledged the WIFOM in this question in an earlier post, Scripten told me not to discount Mask so easily, so I asked him what Mask could gain from that play as scum.
Hypothetical scum 4mask stands to gain exactly what you're giving me. Town cred. A small buffer zone and a small amount of trust. All of these things are helpful to scum.
And of course, as I kept adding responses to posts that came up more posts appeared. Six posts while I was typing, in total.